Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”

The “Art” of Continuous Improvement

There’s no specific, universally agreed-upon process regarding how to continuously improve. What I offer here is a simple approach for continuous improvement:

• First: Stop living with pain.

Although this may seem like a simple concept, it can be a trying exercise. First, you’re probably aware that there are problems facing your organization, many of which have probably been pain points for years, and the organization has just gotten “comfortable” living with the pain. Think about that for just a minute—gotten comfortable living with pain. Such words should cause all sorts of lights and sirens to go off in your head. We want to help you squelch those alarms by helping you to begin eliminating the pain. Refer ...